Dear all, we have a multi-tenant project that includes restaurants, currently they have a smoking policy for outdoor seating, 1.is it possible to maintain the policy for outdoor smoking, if we comply with the 25 ft distance of the entrance to that area?
2.There is a space with large openings in the wall to provide ventilation but we are not sure if we can consider it as an outdoor space. Can we somehow get a parameter on how large should be the openings be to considered it as an outdoor space?
Thank you!
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Trista Brown
Project DirectorWSP USA
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December 14, 2015 - 5:10 pm
Hi Gabriela, in this case you'll need to prohibit smoking within 25 feet of all building openings and also in the outdoor seating area for the restaurant. There's a nice graphic on page 413 of the Reference Guide that demonstrates where smoking must be prohibited when there's outdoor seating. For your second question, the opening for ventilation is treated like any other building opening, like a door or a window, and you'll need to prohibit smoking within 25 feet of that opening as well.